Presentation: Othello

Act V, Scene ii., lines 150-134 Emilia. O, who hath done this deed? Desdemona. Nobody--I myself. Farewell. Commend me to my kind lord. O, farewell! [She dies.] Othello. Why, how should she be murd'red? Emilia. Alas, who knows? Othello. You heard her say herself, it was not I. Emilia. She said so. I must needs report the truth. Othello. She's like a liar gone to burning hell! 'Twas I that killed her. Emilia. O, the …

…brave and liberal in the passage. The language of Shakespeare very powerfully manifested in the reader/watcher. Due to Shakespeare's extreme talent, the reader of the play finds himself experiencing it, perhaps, at a greater level than a watcher watching it unfold on a stage. By reading the excerpt and the paragraphs following it, one finds that the emotion in Othello is created and enhanced by Shakespeare's skillful use of meter, diction, imagery, and tone.